[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR224.105]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 224_REFLECTORIZATION OF RAIL FREIGHT ROLLING STOCK--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart B_Application, Inspection, and Maintenance of Retroreflective 

                                Material

 

Sec. 224.105  Sheeting dimensions and quantity.



    Retroreflective sheeting shall be applied along the length of each 

railroad freight car and locomotive side as described in Sec. 224.106. 

Retroreflective sheeting applied under this part shall be applied in 

strips 4 inches wide and 18 or 36 inches long, unless otherwise 

specified. The amount of retroreflective sheeting to be applied to each 

car or locomotive subject to this part is dependent on the length of the 

car or locomotive and the color of the sheeting. For purposes of this 

part, the length of a railroad freight car or locomotive is measured 

from endsill to endsill, exclusive of the coupler and draft gear. Each 

side of a railroad freight car subject to this part, including each unit 

of multi-unit cars, and each side of a locomotive subject to this part 

must be equipped with at least the minimum amount of retroreflective 

sheeting specified in Table 2 of this subpart.



 Table 2 of Subpart B--Minimum Quantity Requirement for Retroreflective

                    Sheeting on Freight Rolling Stock

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                  Minimum area of      Minimum area of

                                  retroreflective      retroreflective

   Freight car or locomotive     sheeting required    sheeting required

            length              (per car/locomotive  (per car/locomotive

                                   side)--yellow         side)--white

                                  sheeting (ft\2\)     sheeting (ft\2\)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Less than 50 ft...............                  3.5                  4

50 ft. to 60 ft...............                  4                    5

Over 60 ft. to 70 ft..........                  4.5                  5.5

Over 70 ft. to 80 ft..........                  5                    6

Over 80 ft. to 90 ft..........                  5.5                  7

Over 90 ft. to 100 ft\1\......                  6                    7.5

------------------------------------------------------------------------

\1\ Freight cars or locomotives over 100 ft. in length must be equipped

  with an additional one-half square foot of sheeting on each side for

  every additional 10 feet of length.





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